'There is hell, everything is burning there,' one Ukrainian fighter said of Bakhmut in a video circulating online.
of Russian attacks, and has endured months of shelling. Moscow's forces have been unable to declare definitive control over the bombarded city, despite reports of gains around Bakhmut following the fall of the nearby town of Soledar.
Writing in its daily intelligence update, the ministry suggested the two main roads used by Kyiv's forces around the city"are likely now both threatened by direct fire, following the Russian advances." The British defense ministry had previously argued Moscow's goal was to encircle Bakhmut through tactical advances via the north and south of the city. On December 3 the ministry said that although the city would have limited operational value for Russia, it was likely that"Bakhmut's capture has become primarily a symbolic, political objective" for the Kremlin.
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